device on r t france becomes the first state to recognize libya's rebels as the country's government school we take a closer look at who they are and whether they have a legal rights or power. to move is fueling beliefs that the country is close to for military intervention all the details coming up in just a few moments. this is the world pressure grows on libya to resolve the ongoing crisis. russian position for the end of the situation because new security and fresh this is great to be good to be conveyed he is doing the film if you believe it to move. on libya is high on the agenda as america's vice president

meets the russian leadership in opposition here in moscow emphasis is also on boosting trade as we report. watching the r.t. news channel at ten pm moscow time my name is kevin zero in our top story france says it's recognizing libya's opposition as the quote legitimate representatives of the people and it plans to exchange ambassadors the move is fueling fears the country may soon see foreign military intervention and a meeting of nato defense ministers the alliances chief says member countries are united in their stance dottie's don't know bushell has the latest from brussels. anders fogh rasmussen says that nato is ready to act finally is the most explicit comments so far from nato the is ready to send troops into libya but the fact is it's backed into

a corner because of course he keeps making ever more explicit as i say a commitment to send troops into libya at the same time there is a growing international backlash which the head of nato has been forced to recognize the secretary general says that he understands the concerns here did that there must be proof and the most trouble commitment from the rebels that they want to see with nato troops backing them because of course the fear of the rebels is that once nato comes in the libyan population will turn against them let's listen to what reza aslan had to say exactly. it has been decided to increase their presence of. nature maritime assets in the central mediterranean these ships will improve nato she to ation or awareness our message today is. nato is united nato

is vigilant nature is ready to act or there was a meeting between president sarkozy's office of france and the libyan rebel national council off their wish it was decided to announce that france recognizes the rebels as the legitimate power in that country they will exchange ambassadors france will send an ambassador to be in causey and vice versa there will be diplomats in france as the official representative of the country french foreign minister ellen should play coached european partners to follow suit and engage with the new libyan leaders and the trouble is this opposition doesn't have much control it says there's certain hot pockets of the country in the east there's also previous question marks over its formation mirror former ministers of justice the minister of the interior from they get their feet the regime in this party along with several rebels rebels who dissidents also who spent years in prison and it's

not sure why france has done this france it is not traditionally the closest ally of libya because libya was a former colony of italy and there are question marks now being raised by the international community water france's motives of course one of them is the fear that military events intervention has been planned and will follow suit russia's envoy to nato told me that he now fears the worst. right now there's a real danger mistrials can be used against libyan air bases to deprive gadhafi his advantage as the legal head of state also there are attempts to legitimize the rebels to make it seem to the outside power has passed from gadhafi to the rebels they have been repeated calls from the international community to leave leave you alone and let the two sides sort out the dispute between themselves this fears that this will disturb a hornet's nest by foreign military intervention even the rebels. still say they would prefer the foreign sections not to get involved and yet as we heard from

russia's representatives in nato there are increasing fears that western powers are gearing up for military intervention in the country. so europe correspondent daniel bushell there were quote money came from the european strategic intelligence and security center told us that by recognizing libyan rebels france is now playing a dangerous game. actually i don't know if president nicolas sarkozy's poker player but he clearly gone but. it's a it's a dangerous even if you disagree with. what is. in the way. it starts where your reason to just shift the operation relation to your position especially because we don't know really in this conceal i know of course everyone knows the faces of the guys but we don't know the exact

composition of the conceal we don't know if there are. tribal leaders just. people. from business. so in we don't know at the end of the day. so it's i think it's dangerous to do to do this and it's difficult to understand why from studies. fullish expect you got much more on the situation in libya in just a few moments for you tonight and here's what else is in store for the programs where. people are really angry anxious just because the food for thought i'm sure this american congressman who wants courted the muslim vote so in office is now accused of organizing a which we've got a story plus. moscow is the world's wealthiest capital seventy nine we hear of

russia's one hundred one billionaires living here now with details on this year's forbes breach list in our business puts him in about fifty. international pressure against libya is growing and following a controversial decision by france to recognize the rebels claim to power alongside which russia is imposing sanctions against colonel gadhafi the regime banning the export of weapons and military equipment paula slayer is in the capital tripoli to find out what people there think. the reaction of people here in europe is. because the opposition as the legitimate is of libya is one of shock and anger. that this. nation find it because if you can keep it having a missile. and we think. this is the reaction from the libyan government we want to thank you it's issued a statement which is that this is dangerous interfering in libya and says that if

he does. need. to take his naval forces some. of the oil which. we are hearing reports that he. has he. has been funneling. in crown into. the russian. final. week from russia to live here in michigan the military as well as. the russian government is it safe to say that even though you said if we think it is in any way. fine. that this will be the first to come in and told me which case this is something that he could be wishing to see what is a little. good if he has

a game that feeling fine foreign is. focused on secret been. told he will feel that he says that the incoming intimidation of. backfired my colleague. from a different kind of face the nation takes a look at these if we can we just become very much a part of these clashes. after the liberation chance the rattle of kalashnikovs is the most common sound in the gazi ever since ravel seized weapons depots in eastern libya rifles became the ultimate symbol of masculinity that every young man in this city once one thing in common between more market are free and they force the struggling chance it is a fascination with arms believe in leader a developed a liking for kalashnikov rifle so much so that he even had an a k forty seven that

munition plant built here in libya that runs these plans for use that now telling all across eastern libya on the frontlines and beyond young men with rifles have become a fixture on the streets of ghazi they're eager to show them off and often slap happy in their handling of the arms can a soldier from the been there as a garrison who joined the uprising says many of his stellar rebels don't have any experience with arms which he says is made out by their passionate determination of to the will for instance will be lost bullets to the last drop of blood god is on. the speed you've been ghazi is still living off of the revolutionary fever from dusk till dawn people congregate on the city's main square calling for gadhafi to go most of the factories are closed the only people still working a shop owners there is good no good no good. many people no people

and public servants like these traffic police officer despite the loss of control over is to leave here to get up the government continues to pay salaries to those employed by the state of the years i received my last paycheck about ten days ago but there is nothing to thank you duffy for myself it is just two hundred fifty dinars with that i can barely support my family agitation and uncertainty of the last few weeks are already exerting. their toll on public health in gaza a psychiatric hospital is now flooded with patients because preexisting conditions were exacerbated by day and rest now days because of the uprising lots of people jake is suffering from the so-called panicky shoulders. some of our patients also having relapses from their p.d.s. mental problems now because of the. uprising because of the

shooting but hated and ridiculed get out he may be the most valuable asset for the opposition movement as that hatred pulls people together for the time being it to united's those who spent years serving in his government and the victims of his persecution yet their chance for free leave are yet to be augmented by a clear vision of how to achieve it people in bin gazi are now living of their savings sharing whatever little they have most of them are confident that was good enough that leaves the bright future will dawn on them but if past revolutions are anything to go by the abundance of arms and hordes of idly roaming man could mean exactly the opposite. sex and i'm going to artsy been gazi. i did evolve from the newspaper the daily believes that nato states of putting huge

pressure on the libyans right now who are a crossroads between islamic fundamentalism or western style government. there's news quite a bit of speculation as to act actually who is who is pulling the strings of what's happening in libya i think what you're going to see here is a secular style western government that would be introduced to post. but that that will that will fail i believe within a very short period of time and i believe that is where we will see a more fundamentalist islamic type of government that will surface and take power it should be a natural democratic shift within the middle east or in any of these countries if there's going to be change it should be change that is and i hate that word but i'll use it anyway because it's the word of the day again but change in the middle east should be driven naturally by the people themselves they're going to get the help whether they wanted or not and some would say that the help is. basically what's been driving this revolution to begin with not to say or take anything away from the from the from the people in libya who are fighting and putting their lives on the line here to actually make some form of

a change but you know you look at what's happening in the world today and the pressure that's that's mounting with respect to foreign intervention being demanded especially from the western mainstream media you would have to think that the western western media trumpeting such intervention is something that is heard loud and clear within libya by the libyan people as well and the people on the ground who are leading this movement their influence in fact there is but i don't believe that there's necessarily a unified on the ground presence in libya that is being cohesively led by any one group or any one individual and that means also that there are certainly fundamentalists and others within the libyan population who do not wish to have any foreign intervention at all there are others who would probably like to see it happen. will talk of international involvement libya's been tough to avoid for the u.s. vice president has been meeting with the russian leadership joe biden facts on day two of his visit here to moscow. has got that story. there's been speculation of course the internet has been rife with sources claiming that joe

biden has indeed tried to guarantee russia's support should the u.s. decide to go ahead with its military intervention in libya we do know that several foreign nations of course including the united states have not ruled out the possibility of bringing their troops to libya in order to resolve the conflict while others including russia have so far chose interests down back libyan settle the matter for themselves well this of course is the second day of joe biden's visit to moscow and huge earing those two days he had a quite a busy agenda meeting with the russian leaders both the russian president meeting with native and the prime minister. of the focus was mostly on trade talks joe biden who of course heralded the current reset in ties between moscow and washington underlined the necessity of that reset continuing in his meeting with

putin saying that the previous administration did not choose to maximize on the strategic potential that exists in the relationship between moscow and washington d.c. and the current administration is of course very much interested in that joe biden also took the time to meet not only with the russian leaders but also with nongovernmental parties and members of the opposition and human rights support groups all of that was on his agenda as well as a trip to the russian analog of silicon valley where joe biden spent a lot of time being shown around and told about the potential prospects and of course of various american businesses willing to participate in this new venture. tonight for you to tell us city of san francisco is locked in a battle over

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down the official r.t.r. click on phone or i pod touch from the cute upstream. life on the go. video on demand parties mine broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now with the palm of your. on call she told com. next the first in a series of u.s. government hearings into the radicalization of american muslims has been held in washington they're being led by homeland security chairman peter king who says the issue threatens the country but. found out king is being accused of turning on a community which had embraced him.

on friday. a familiar sound of worship echoes from the islamic center of long island. oh it's a place of prayer education and community service for many of long island's seventy thousand muslims it's also a place where u.s. congressman peter king spent years building bridges with american voters. supporters who today remain shocked that king labeled their mosque a hotbed for extremism that should be put under surveillance for the panda beddings also and we have been to his office many times what about we needed help with how the ahmed is chairman of the long island center that sits just outside the boundaries of king's third congressional district. amid fears the man he once fundraise for made her only be the strongest force fueling the flames of

islamophobia in america safety and security of my community is my biggest concern and trying to create trouble if that is. why i have been doing these things during his early days as congressman king was often seen at the islamic center on long island giving lectures holding book signings even serving as the main guest of honor when the prayer officially opened officials say since september eleventh two thousand and one the u.s. representative has not stepped one foot inside this building these large center unanimously condemned the event but king cut ties with the institution after two officials were quoted denying muslim involvement and linking israel to nine eleven . instead peter cave recently appointed chairman of the powerful house homeland security committee has announced congressional hearings on a legit hit in radicalism among american muslims and mosques. a drastic turn

that has brought fear to cain's constituents he generalize. and your allies in a very bad way and in a way that will not serve. the american well for even outside of from the states it has been very disturbing. especially when the coalition of muslim population in the long island community is growing substantially looking for support. congressman king has said that most muslim leaders in this country aren't cooperating with authorities yet no member of this long island islamic center has ever been accused of terrorism. muslim americans in this community are appalled that their very own u.s. representative is hard. based on their religious beliefs here are extremists in every every community every religion i mean you know why just islam

what if it came from it personal been there may be something to gain in the politics there is a lot of fear people are really angry inches is to it because the burden falls on our shoulders really. extreme freak in a country of tolerance the new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind. r.t.e. in new york. three top world news stories a cousin of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed what makes the forces is reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight raid nato says they're investigating the incident from schools just days after because i just-i u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province. so we've got to stories go back to work for the first time since an operation on his jaw and

face the italian prime minister was injured in the land in december two thousand and nine with a psychiatric problem through a metal statuette of them last two teeth and his nose broken and the operation which took place three days ago lasted for. a powerful earthquake measuring almost six on the richter scale has struck southwestern china near the border with me at least twenty four people have been killed you know the two hundred witnesses report people being buried of the debris were part of a supermarket and hotel caved in trauma caused serious damage to the buildings too many of them topple the people in just a few minutes here on our see we talk to the former british ambassador to libya all of them miles about the prospects of a no fly zone over the country that is to come shortly after the business after this quick break. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in

some petersburg all she's available in hotels the story of the little ambassador in a small speaker tell the truth honestly tell the truth good hotel gold new gold and littles and pelvis you still dostoevsky live in the sea in this column if you visit. learn welcome to business r.t. good to have your company the ruble suffers its sharpest today dropped against the dollar this year trimming its tremendous rally against the greenback declining oil prices and spain's credit downgrade caused the ruble to depreciate because when you

rubles forty six copecks for dollar that's around one percent drop russian currency is still seven point one percent stronger against the dollar this year the biggest gain among one hundred and seventy we will announce it. to the markets now and while it is down investors still remain cautious about libya's grassed this is on the back of worries about global energy and. u.s. trade deficit expanded around fifteen percent in january to forty six billion dollars north side high as the price of important world skyrocketed also u.s. jobless claims that a twenty six thousand last week this is hampering hopes of a steady recovery in the u.s. economy and therefore the loss of one point six percent one point seven on the u.s. market please step some worries russian stocks on first day saw one of the biggest one day falls this year with the audience and i think declining around three percent to take a look at some of the individual stocks energy and banking stocks were the biggest losers gazprom getting three percent bank another three percent lukoil. it's down

three percent at the close and the decline in the crude couple of here with us net profit for and short of expectations. this perception is turning more more more negative and is hurting. the markets so this is a shift from emerging markets to developed markets and author hurting our basically the high oil price for a very positive for russia and that's why russia has been the best performing emerging markets this year and i do not think that what we are seeing today is the beginning of a new trend where russia underperformed performs i think just a collection of leading american businessmen gathered in moscow to discuss u.s. russian business relations and one of the key topics on the agenda was localization in the car industry in russia that's a promise from investors that sixty percent of each car made in russia will be

built with a local manufacture parts andrew saunas chairman of the u.s. chamber of commerce national says that goal is too high opponent there's still a lack of quality services are a number of sectors here so the companies are afraid when they get to the fifth year they'll only have forty percent local controllers instead of sixty percent and then you'll lose a lot of benefits that they had gained a record number of billionaires have joined the list of the world's richest this year out of over one hundred tycoons on forbes list russia's leeson holds fourteen plates russian forbes deputy editor outlines the secret of his success. unlike other major business or listen is concentrating on his key business that is not only pits one of the world's largest steel produces listen puts all his efforts into companies i felt no one understood you into the most profitable and the most effective steel producer in the country this is so that's against

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